Stop bloody apologising

[thinfourth2]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8458855.stm

bbc said:

Health minister Mike O'Brien made the apology in a statement to MPs - it comes after he unveiled a compensation package for survivors in December.
Pregnant women were prescribed the drug in the 1950s and 1960s as a treatment for morning sickness or insomnia.
It was withdrawn from sale in 1961 after babies were born with limb deformities and other damage

Oh for fk sake man you were 7 years old when it was removed from sale why the hell are you apologising for it


Stop saying sorry and run the bloody country you headline chasing fecking half brain

[G_T]

Not read the full article but is it not more a case of the government apologising for not supporting a large number of deformed children?

So it's not a personal apology as such, just a recognition that management fked up. A thinly veiled "we'll try not to let it happen again".

I think humility is always welcome.

IMO, of course.

[Einion Yrth]

G_T said:

I think humility is always welcome.

Do you actually believe any has been demonstrated? If so then I fear we must agree to differ.

[G_T]

Einion Yrth said:

G_T said:

I think humility is always welcome.

Do you actually believe any has been demonstrated? If so then I fear we must agree to differ.

I understand your point but, as much I'm not a fan of our current gubberment what they've said and done seems reasonable to me. It will secure the bleeding heart votes of course.

"We acknowledge both the physical hardship and the emotional difficulties that have faced both the children affected and their families as a result of this drug, and the challenges that many continue to endure often on a daily basis."

His public statement follows the decision by the government to make more money available to the 466 thalidomide survivors in the UK.

[Northern Munkee]

thinfourth2 said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8458855.stm

bbc said:

Health minister Mike O'Brien made the apology in a statement to MPs - it comes after he unveiled a compensation package for survivors in December.
Pregnant women were prescribed the drug in the 1950s and 1960s as a treatment for morning sickness or insomnia.
It was withdrawn from sale in 1961 after babies were born with limb deformities and other damage

Oh for fk sake man you were 7 years old when it was removed from sale why the hell are you apologising for it


Stop saying sorry and run the bloody country you headline chasing fecking half brain

But "sincere regret" and "deep sympathy" is not "sorry", if you were listening to Radio 5 Live on the way home this evening, one victim, admittedly sounding like he was from the people republic of Liverpool this evening, wanted the word "sorry" and no amount of asking and then querying what was the problem with the word "sorry" could get get Mike O'Brien to use the word, and in the end he essentially put his fingers in his ears and la-la-la repeated his prepared statement 4 or 5 times and accused the interviewer of stitching him up (which may or may not be true).

Quite puzzled about the use of the word "sorry" by a minister of the crown, anyone else know if it would have a legal implication? He was also keen to make clear this £20m was not compensation, but something else. Can't help thinking that this maybe a form of none apology apology

[Mojocvh]

Northern Munkee said:

thinfourth2 said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8458855.stm

bbc said:

Health minister Mike O'Brien made the apology in a statement to MPs - it comes after he unveiled a compensation package for survivors in December.
Pregnant women were prescribed the drug in the 1950s and 1960s as a treatment for morning sickness or insomnia.
It was withdrawn from sale in 1961 after babies were born with limb deformities and other damage

Oh for fk sake man you were 7 years old when it was removed from sale why the hell are you apologising for it


Stop saying sorry and run the bloody country you headline chasing fecking half brain

But "sincere regret" and "deep sympathy" is not "sorry", if you were listening to Radio 5 Live on the way home this evening, one victim, admittedly sounding like he was from the people republic of Liverpool this evening, wanted the word "sorry" and no amount of asking and then querying what was the problem with the word "sorry" could get get Mike O'Brien to use the word, and in the end he essentially put his fingers in his ears and la-la-la repeated his prepared statement 4 or 5 times and accused the interviewer of stitching him up (which may or may not be true).

Quite puzzled about the use of the word "sorry" by a minister of the crown, anyone else know if it would have a legal implication? He was also keen to make clear this £20m was not compensation, but something else. Can't help thinking that this maybe a form of none apology apology

yes NW spot on, I think it has it's roots (not saying sorry) in the near past when the S word was used and provoked a compy rush but can't give exact example (think it was Hoon or another Def Sec)>>

Mo.

[FourWheelDrift]

All that apologising can make some people very tired.

[Halb]

Watched this on the news. It meant a lot to the two sufferers in the studio, and to the mum who has looked after her son for the past 40-50 years.

[FourWheelDrift]

Thalidomide is today being used in Cancer treatment.

http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Canc...